Bang Wad reservoir is Phuket's largest rootage of fresh water, a large artificial lake inward the hills inward the Kathu expanse of Phuket non far from Phuket Town in addition to exclusively a brusk get from my house. The dam is close 800m long in addition to there's a small-scale route winding for a full of 6.5km to a greater extent than or less the reservoir. We've been coming upward hither for 10 years, commonly only for a fiddling walk, some fresh air in addition to exercise, permit the kids ride bikes along the dam, purchase some nutrient from the nutrient stalls that are at that spot on weekend evenings. We've driven to a greater extent than or less the reservoir a few times, it's a lovely jungly road, but until final calendar month I'd never tried to walk or run to a greater extent than or less that road. With the coming of some other birthday, I decided it's fourth dimension to effort in addition to larn to a greater extent than healthy. Too much fourth dimension sitting at a reckoner in addition to likewise many beers .. I am close 20kg, perhaps 25kg, bigger than when I arrived inward Phuket dorsum inward 1999. After a few days only walking upward in addition to downwards the dam, only walking a few km, I took the plunge in addition to headed off to a greater extent than or less the reservoir on the 6.5km loop. Not running, only walking.
(above) This is the dam non long later sunrise. Best to starting fourth dimension early on or it's likewise hot, in addition to I'll endure belatedly for work. In the mornings at that spot are quite a few people exercising, walking or running or cycling to a greater extent than or less the road. There are to a greater extent than people inward the early on evening, but since I commonly don't halt run at the dive store until 6pm, the morn is when I am able to larn there. And the reservoir genuinely looks nifty inward the morn light. It's a side of Phuket people perhaps don't know exists. H5N1 large lake? Hills?
Sometimes I walk clockwise, sometimes anti-clockwise (that's counter clockwise for Americans). I throw inward some brusk bursts of running too, in addition to got some novel Reeboks only final week. The aim volition endure to genuinely endure able to run 6.5km eventually. Doesn't audio similar much of a challenge, but it's going to ask some work. I signed upward for an app called Strava to "track my progress". No rush, non aiming to endure Phuket's biggest loser :)
The route twists in addition to turns to a greater extent than or less the reservoir, at that spot is rattling fiddling vehicular traffic. On an average walk I run across perhaps a handful of mopeds, perhaps 1 or two alternative upward trucks, in addition to the cyclists, joggers in addition to walkers.
At the 2nd it takes me to a greater extent than or less an hr to walk 6.5km to a greater extent than or less the reservoir. H5N1 flake faster if at that spot is some jogging involved. Fastest fourth dimension close 55 minutes. Sounds a flake slow, but from small-scale acorns grow the mighty oak! And a 1 hr fast walk is a proficient means to burn downwards fat, in addition to sweat out a few poisons similar the beers I am drinking every bit I write this now! Seems a shame to run, it's overnice to walk in addition to savour the jungle in addition to some nifty views across the H2O inward the early on morn lite ...
Yes, this beautiful scene is inward Phuket! Remember that Phuket has some pretty large hills, upward to close 1700 feet high. I've done a few hikes inward the past, such every bit a fiddling ramble upward to the Big Buddha, in addition to a much harder 1 upward to the travel past times of Phuket's highest hill. It's non only beaches hither inward Phuket, which was the betoken of starting this weblog dorsum inward 2006 :)
There's a lot of fiddling interesting things to run across on the means circular the road. There are fiddling condom plantations, quite a few small-scale houses, in addition to I've seen 1 expanse amongst pineapples growing too. If you're walking in addition to non rushing likewise much, the details stand upward out. Roadside shrines in addition to bananas. And jungle. Most of Phuket is green.
It's genuinely overnice there. H5N1 totally unlike side of Phuket, away from the tourism, beaches, nightlife. I'm rattling happy that Bang Wad reservoir is in addition to thence closed to our house! There are diverse places for people to walk or jog inward Phuket, inward unlike local areas. This is our area... It was the promise when starting this weblog that people mightiness desire to see some of the lesser known, in addition to sure less touristy parts of Phuket. So perhaps run across y'all at the reservoir sometime!
Bang Wad Reservoir - Location Map
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(above) This is the dam non long later sunrise. Best to starting fourth dimension early on or it's likewise hot, in addition to I'll endure belatedly for work. In the mornings at that spot are quite a few people exercising, walking or running or cycling to a greater extent than or less the road. There are to a greater extent than people inward the early on evening, but since I commonly don't halt run at the dive store until 6pm, the morn is when I am able to larn there. And the reservoir genuinely looks nifty inward the morn light. It's a side of Phuket people perhaps don't know exists. H5N1 large lake? Hills?
Sometimes I walk clockwise, sometimes anti-clockwise (that's counter clockwise for Americans). I throw inward some brusk bursts of running too, in addition to got some novel Reeboks only final week. The aim volition endure to genuinely endure able to run 6.5km eventually. Doesn't audio similar much of a challenge, but it's going to ask some work. I signed upward for an app called Strava to "track my progress". No rush, non aiming to endure Phuket's biggest loser :)
The route twists in addition to turns to a greater extent than or less the reservoir, at that spot is rattling fiddling vehicular traffic. On an average walk I run across perhaps a handful of mopeds, perhaps 1 or two alternative upward trucks, in addition to the cyclists, joggers in addition to walkers.
At the 2nd it takes me to a greater extent than or less an hr to walk 6.5km to a greater extent than or less the reservoir. H5N1 flake faster if at that spot is some jogging involved. Fastest fourth dimension close 55 minutes. Sounds a flake slow, but from small-scale acorns grow the mighty oak! And a 1 hr fast walk is a proficient means to burn downwards fat, in addition to sweat out a few poisons similar the beers I am drinking every bit I write this now! Seems a shame to run, it's overnice to walk in addition to savour the jungle in addition to some nifty views across the H2O inward the early on morn lite ...
Yes, this beautiful scene is inward Phuket! Remember that Phuket has some pretty large hills, upward to close 1700 feet high. I've done a few hikes inward the past, such every bit a fiddling ramble upward to the Big Buddha, in addition to a much harder 1 upward to the travel past times of Phuket's highest hill. It's non only beaches hither inward Phuket, which was the betoken of starting this weblog dorsum inward 2006 :)
There's a lot of fiddling interesting things to run across on the means circular the road. There are fiddling condom plantations, quite a few small-scale houses, in addition to I've seen 1 expanse amongst pineapples growing too. If you're walking in addition to non rushing likewise much, the details stand upward out. Roadside shrines in addition to bananas. And jungle. Most of Phuket is green.
It's genuinely overnice there. H5N1 totally unlike side of Phuket, away from the tourism, beaches, nightlife. I'm rattling happy that Bang Wad reservoir is in addition to thence closed to our house! There are diverse places for people to walk or jog inward Phuket, inward unlike local areas. This is our area... It was the promise when starting this weblog that people mightiness desire to see some of the lesser known, in addition to sure less touristy parts of Phuket. So perhaps run across y'all at the reservoir sometime!
Bang Wad Reservoir - Location Map
View Bang Wad Reservoir, Phuket inward a larger map Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com